Indexed memorandum-pad



G. SCHLEMMER.

INDEXED MEMORANDUM PAD.

APPLICATION FILED DEc.27.1918.

Patented A r. 27, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- IN VEN TOR.

4 Q N ATTORNEY.

WITNESS:

G. SCHLEMMER.

INDEXED MEMORANDUM PAD.

APPUCATION FILED DEC.27 1918.

1,333,331, Patented Apr. 27,1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- WITNESS: I I N V EN TOR.

- ATTORNEY.

GEORGE SCHLEMMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

INDEXED MEMORANDUM-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 27, 1920.

Application fiIed December 27, 1918. Serial No. 263,504.

To all 2.0 hom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonen SoHLnMMnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Indexed- Memorandum- Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to memorandum pads, and particularly to indexed memorandum pads adapted to be hung upon a vertical surface, stood upon a table or desk, or secured upon an upright spindle such as the spindle of a telephone or the like.

The object of the invention is to generally improve such devices in a manner to render their construction economical, readily adaptable to their several uses, and materially simplified.

With this object in view the invention consists in the improved construction hereafter more fully and specifically described and claimed.

In order that the construction and operation thereof may be readily comprehended, I have illustrated approved embodiments of the invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents, in front elevation, a pad constructed in accordance with my invention, adapted to be hung upon a vertical surface.

Fig. 2, the same embodiment in rear elevation;

Fig. 3, the same embodiment in side 'elevationj Fig. 4, the same embodiment in top plan view, the cards in all of the views being in closed positions.

Fig. 5 represents, in front elevation, an embodiment of my invention adapted to be mounted upon an upright spindle, such as of atelephone, the cards being spread to expose an inner card for memoranda, and

Fig. 6, a horizontal sectional view on the plane indicated by the broken line 6-6 of Fig. 5, the cards being shown in closed position.

Fig. 7, represents in rear perspective elevation, an embodiment of the invention adapted to stand upon a table or desk.

Like reference characters mark the same parts, whenever they occur in a plurality of the figures of the drawings.

Referring specifically to Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings, 10 indicates the main body or foundation or support of the memorandum cards, which support, is a very heavy card board or other like construction, to the rear face of which at the top is secured a crossbar 11, and at the bottom a similar crossbar 12,'a plate 13 being secured to the crossbar 11 by which to hang the pad up on a vertical surface, as at 14, and a pin or nail 15. being provided to pass through the lower cross-bar 12 into the surface 14 to retain the pad against swinging laterally or loosely on the hanger 18.

In all of the embodiments of the invention, shown in all of the figures of the drawings, the body of the pad is composed of cards or stiff sheets of paper, celluloid or fiber, the front card, preferably of celluloid 16, allowing a ready removal of notes made thereon, being indexed by the printing of the alphabet, or suitable numbers along the right hand edge, as at 17, while the sheets, as at 18, of the body behind the front one are notched along their right hand edges, as at 19, the notches being located to correspond with the index characters printed on the front card.

In all of the embodiments illustrated, the cards or sheets are inclosed at their upper ends in a sheet metal clip, as at 20, which however can also be made of any other suitable material and are pivotally attached at their inner or left hand upper corners by a pin 21 passing through the front plate 22 of the clip, the cards or sheets and the inner plate 23 of the clip into the body 10, so that when the cards are clasped at their right hand edges by the thumb and fore-finger, with the thumb on one of the index letters, as the letters 0 P in Fig. 5, and the forefinger resting in the notch, in the rear of and opposite those letters, the whole of the sheets in front of the card corresponding with the index letters and the card marked to correspond with the clasped index letters, may be moved, while all of the cardsin rear of it, will remain stationary and the cards clasped may be swung on the pivot pin 21, to,v the right and upward, thusexposing the proper card, as P in Fig. 5, for the making thereon of any memorandum or notation, while for instance making a telephone call, during which time the card will constantly remain before the eyes of the caller.

The cards swung to the right, as in Fig. 5,

will be retained in their adjusted position by the pressure of a spring as at 24 in Figs. 4: and 7 formed by slitting the upper edge of the rear or corner plate 23 of the clip, but may be returned readily to their closed position by simply swinging them back on the pivot. I

To prevent the pad from moving too far, in returning it to position, I havev provided a stop 25, secured to the main body, at its left hand side, near its bottom.

pad, constructed as heretofore described, may be used in many other situations, such for instance, as I have illustrated in Figs. 5 .to 7.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 5 and 6, I have shown the invention as mounted on a spindle as at 26, in this instance, the spindle of a telephone, by means of a clamp bracket 27, which entirely embraces the main body of the pad and has its inner ends 28 curved to embrace the spindle, a bolt 29 and nut 30, or other suitable clamping means are provided to securely hold the clamp in position, both on the spindle and the main body.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 7, I have shown the pad as mounted, by a hinge 31 on a base plate 32 to rest on a table or other horizontal surface, the pad being yieldingly held in an upright or substantially upright position, by means of a spring coiled around the hinge bar. It will be clear, that this construction allows the pad to be laid fiat upon a table or the like in or der to facilitate the writing thereon.

The pad proper is the same in all of these embodiments and I do not limit the invention to any particular mounting, many other methods of supporting the pad being possible, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus fully and specifically described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A memorandum pad comprisinga rigid main body, and sheets pivoted thereto substantially at the upper left hand corner thereof, the front sheet being provided with index characters and the rear sheets being cut away to correspond therewith.

2. A memorandum pad comprising a rigid main body, and sheets pivoted thereto substantially at the upper left hand corner thereof, the front sheet being provided with index characters, the rear sheets being cut' away to correspond therewith and the main body, and the sheets being inclosed near their upper ends in a clip'through which the pivot passes.

A memorandum pad comprising a rigid main body, and sheets pivoted thereto substantially at the upper left hand corner thereof, the front sheet being provided with index characters, the rear sheets being cut away to correspond therewith and the main body, and the sheets being inclosed near their upper ends in a clip through which the pivot passes, a spring being provided at the upper edge of the inner side of said clip to frictionally hold the sheets in any posi tion to which they may be swung on the pivot. I

4. A memorandum pad composed of superposed sheets superposed on a stiff body, a clip inclosing the sheets at their upper ends and resting upon the body and the front sheet, a pivot pin passing through the clip, the sheets and the body near one corner thereof, and a spring'at the upper edge of the inner sheet of the clip, and resting upon the sheets to hold them in any position to which they may be swung on the pivot;

5. A memorandum pad composed of superposed sheets superposed on a' stiff body, a clip inclosing thesheets at their upper ends and resting upon the body and the front sheet, a pivot pin passing through the clip, the sheets and the body near one corner thereof, and a spring at the upper edge of the inner sheet of the clip, and resting upon the sheets to hold them in any position to which they may be swung on the pivot, a hanger being provided at the upper edge of the pad to swing it against an upright sur- 7 face, and means near its rear edge to prevent loose swinging on the hanger.

(3. A. memorandum pad composed of superposed. sheets superposed on a stiff.

body, a clip inclosing the sheets at their upper ends and resting upon the body and pivot, means being provided for supporting the pad in position for use.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature. V

GEORGE SCHLEMMER.

l Vitnesses PAUL ANDERS, EMIL MILLER. 

